Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story

Australian Premiere

LADY BOSS: THE JACKIE COLLINS STORY

Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story takes viewers on an immersive tour through the trailblazing life of novelist Jackie Collins. Melding fact and fiction, this documentary reveals the untold story of a ground-breaking author and her mission to build a one-woman literary empire.

Narrated by a cast of Jackie's friends and family, the film shares the private struggles of a woman who became an icon of 1980s feminism whilst hiding her vulnerability behind a carefully crafted and powerful public persona. In her tender documentary, director Laura Fairrie seeks out the real Jackie Collins behind the untouchable icon.

The film evolves from a celebration of Jackie's revolutionary novels - which placed female sexuality at the heart of their storytelling - into a multi-layered deliberation on feminism and family dynamics. Farrie also delves into the search for understanding how our childhood experiences and early traumas ultimately make us who we are.

Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story pays tribute to those fantastic memories while shedding light on her moments of pain, which together shaped Collins into a onein-a-million storyteller.

DIRECTOR Laura Fairrie

CAST Jackie Collins Joan Collins Barbara Davis

2021 | 96 min | M

Documentary, Biography United Kingdom, USA

“We get to admire her resourcefulness, classiness, and inner strength”

Irish Independent